Valeria Paz Reyes
Valeria (she/her/ella) is an immigrant from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and a proud New Yorker. She moved to New York City with her family at 14 and holds BAs in Political Science and English, along with an MSW from CUNY. Valeria is deeply committed to empowering underrepresented communities, combining her academic and personal experience in community work. She has partnered with various organizations to improve service access for monolingual Spanish speakers and to create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and abuse survivors. Currently, Valeria leads the Working Families Tax Credit campaign, which seeks to reduce child poverty by reforming New York’s tax credit system. Last year, she helped the WFTC coalition secure a $350 million supplemental ESCC payment.